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Feds invest $15 million to further EXFO’s 5G development

The federal government has granted EXFO Inc. $15.9 million for 5G technology development, it was announced Monday. The company will establish a 5G Centre of Excellence and create 50 new jobs in Montreal. The jobs will involve research and data scientists, and software and telecom specialists.

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Facebook denounces Online News Act as it finally appears at committee

Meta Platforms Inc., parent company of Facebook, came out swinging against Bill C-18, the Online News Act, on Friday. The firm finally appeared before the House of Commons Committee on Canadian Heritage after lobbying for an invitation.

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Cogeco plotting next steps on MVNO: CEO 

While Cogeco Inc. is pleased to finally see the terms and conditions of the MVNO framework from the CRTC, the company is less than thrilled about the imposition of a new eligibility requirement that those companies hoping to access the benefits of the framework have to be already offering commercial mobile wireless service somewhere in Canada, according to the company’s CEO. 

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Eyes turn to tribunal hearing as mediation fails in Rogers-Shaw merger

Two events this past week – Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s press conference on Tuesday and the apparent collapse Thursday of mediation talks between the Competition Bureau and Shaw Communications Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. (with an ally in Quebecor Inc.) – represents a divergence between Innovation, Science, and Economic Development policy and Competition Bureau policy, according to one financial analyst. 

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UPDATED: Senators want incoming CRTC chair to testify about C-11

Hopes that the government’s Online Streaming Act would receive quick passage in the Senate may be dashed by a proposal to delay voting until the Transport and Communications Committee gets to interview the new chair of the CRTC. Two members of the committee discussed the issue in the Senate Question Period Wednesday. No new chair of the commission has yet been appointed.

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Tandy Yull rejoins CAB as regulatory VP

Tandy Yull is returning to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters as Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs. She arrives from the CRTC, where she was Senior Manager of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Yull was the CAB’s Manager of Television Policy and Social Issues until 1999, when she joined the commission.

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PIAC wins partial victory as CRTC extends basic skinny proceeding

The CRTC announced Thursday it was extending the deadline for interventions of its proceedings into the price of basic television service. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre had been requesting such a move earlier.

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Streamers should be obliged to sell cable integration apps to small BDUs: CCSA

The organization representing independent companies providing cable TV and IPTV services is arguing that the Online Streaming Act has ignored the needs of small broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) and needs amendments to level the playing field between those BDUs and its larger counterparts regarding bare access to streaming services. 

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ISED’s non-competitive licensing framework provides needed flexibility for regional players: expert

WINNIPEG-One of Canada’s leading experts in spectrum policy says ISED is finally opening up good chunks of spectrum to be used for rural, remote and Indigenous connectivity which will in turn open the door for smaller regional players.

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Champagne announcement may signal eagerness to approve Rogers-Shaw deal: analysts

Financial analysts reacting to Tuesday’s announcement from Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne – that he would both formally deny the transfer of spectrum assets from Shaw Communications Inc. to Rogers Communications Inc. while at the same time placing a set of “expectations” on Quebecor Inc.‘s putative takeover of Freedom Mobile – were cautiously optimistic about the impact of the minister’s messaging for the overall deal. 

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